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Cosmoprof NA 2013: Part Two

I’m sure you all know of Nail It! Magazine by now. If not, it’s the first lifestyle magazine for women who love nails, finally something for us that doesn’t require we need a license or something. Well at my last day at CPNA, I was uber lucky enough to meet Karie Frost, Nail It!’s hard working and fabulous beauty director.

Seriously an amazing experience and just meeting her made the whole trade show worth it!

I wasn’t able to really take any pictures inside their booth, but trust, their fall line is absolutely gorgeous.ORLY:

It all started with Pink. Jeff Pink, the founder of ORLY has made a huge impact in the nail world. He created the French manicure, yes, that French manicure. What an incredible legacy right? But he didn’t stop there, he added in the invention of the gripper cap and most adorably, he named his brand after his wife. But after all these years, there’s just no stopping him. Check out these current and new colors coming soon.

Mmm… pretty.
I loved these sparkly textured polishes so much that I picked some up right when I got back.
Get excited my friends, matte flakies! Fall 2013 Surreal Collection set to release in September. From left to right: Purple Poodle, Digital Glitter, Angel Rain, Pink Waterfall, Teal Unreal, and Pixi Power.

ORLY describes this collection as a way to “obscure the line between real and virtual. Channel the magical, the ethereal, the eclectic and the unexpected. Become consumed in a digitally saturated, dream-like daze–and Surreal offers a multi-faceted collection of duo-chromatic shimmers and soft, girly cremes to create a look that’s sweet and surreal to the extreme.”

I love the idea of getting something for yourself and knowing that you’ve done something good. It’s how I structured Serum No. 5 and I love that this idea keeps getting stronger. Be on the look out for these polishes, 20% of profits from this collection will be donated to Cancer Schmancer.

Transfer any design onto your nails using their Solution Transfer! Amazing. Here are the steps.

Start with a white base.
Cut out a piece of paper with the printed design you want to transfer. Use their Solution Transfer (not pictured) on both sides of the paper and press onto the nail for 10 seconds.

And this is what you get! I chose a floral pattern so that I could really see how well the detail transferred onto the nail and I gotta say, it looks pretty great.Create any design on your nails!

I was pretty amazed by this. Their solution didn’t smell like there was any alcohol in it like how you do with newspaper nails and other transfer nail art designs, so it’s gotta be better and less harsh on your nails.